LESÕES MÚSCULO-ESQUELÉTICAS EM MÚSICOS DE CORDOFONES BELISCADOS: ESTUDO DA PREVALÊNCIA E DOS FATORES DETERMINANTES.

Musculoskeletal injuries related to the work of professional musicians constitute a real public health problem. Thus, we aimed to identify the prevalence and determinants of musculoskeletal injuries in professional musicians practising plucked string instruments. It is a cross-sectional, descriptivecorrelational and quantitative character study, involving 140 Portuguese musicians living in 3 cities from Portugal, aged 18 to 55 years old. A questionnaire was used that included variables of sociodemographic characterization, health / style and musical practice. For the evaluation of musculoskeletal disorders we used the "Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire". The results showed that 70,0% reported musculoskeletal disorders (MI) that manifested as pain / tingling / numbness in the last 12 months, mainly in the wrists / hands (68,6%) and shoulders (54,3%), We found that MI were more frequent in older musicians with higher Body Mass Indexes, those who consumed alcoholic beverages and did not practise physical activity, and those who had excessive performances. We conclude that the prevalence of MI in Portuguese musicians of plucked string instruments is high (70%) and these are related to individual characteristics, life styles and instrumental practice demands, which is urgent to modify through preventive measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]